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In the small deep-water port, there is already a young man in his twenties waiting here with the crowd. Although he does not look outstanding, there is a hint of calmness and competence in his demeanor.

As soon as he saw Wang Shouzhe coming ashore, he immediately led the crowd to greet him, raised his hands to Wang Shouzhe and said, "Wang Gui has met the master of the family."

There was a hint of excitement in his voice.

That's right.

This young man is Wang Gui, the boy who grew up with Wang Shouzhe.

After Wang Shouzhe got married, he was no longer suitable to stay in the yard. Wang Shouzhe simply sent him out to prepare a secret production base and organize the construction and production.

As a companion who grew up together, and as a descendant of the Wang family, one can imagine Wang Gui's loyalty. No one can look down on him even if he is working outside.

Now, he is the big manager here, and he can be regarded as indirectly taking over the overall situation here from Wang Shouzhe.

"No need to be polite."

Wang Shouzhe was also very happy to see Wang Gui.

He glanced at Wang Gui and found that compared to the previous exchange, Wang Gui's aura was obviously much more stable and condensed. It was obvious that he had made a new breakthrough in Wang's Xuanyuan Jue.

There was a slight smile on his face, and he praised: "It seems that you have been practicing hard recently, and you have broken through to the seventh level of Qi Refining Realm. But you have to keep up your efforts and strive to cultivate to the Lingtai Realm as soon as possible, so that you can give it to your children.

Accumulate more resources for the future.”

"Yes, Master."

When the child was mentioned, Wang Gui also showed a happy smile.

In the early years, Wang Gui still thought about Wang Mei.

But as Wang Mei's strength and status became higher and higher, her temperament was definitely beyond his control, so he gradually gave up.

In the end, Wang Shouzhe acted as a matchmaker and allowed Wang Gui to marry a sideline woman from the Yingxiu Lu family who had cultivation qualifications.

In the past six or seven years, the couple has given birth to two children. The older one is already taking classes in the ethnic education school, while the younger one has not yet been weaned, and his wife is still taking care of him at home.

"Master, please come inside."

After greetings, Wang Gui walked inside to welcome Wang Shouzhe.

He lowered his head, half a step behind Wang Shouzhe, and answered some questions raised by Wang Shouzhe from time to time.

Obviously, as the chief manager of the secret production base, he is very attentive, answers every question, and is proficient in business.

Although Wang Shouzhe last visited this secret base eight or nine months ago in front of the Zifu Academy. But with his control, everything that happened in this secret base could not be hidden from him.

's eyes and ears.

After passing through the corridor, your eyes suddenly open up.

This is a canyon.

This canyon was originally semi-natural. After Wang's continuous excavation, development, and site leveling, its scale has become larger and larger, and it has become more and more industrial.

Many cavities have also been dug out in some of the mountains on both sides to store raw materials and finished products that are afraid of water. There are even many rock chambers used to live in.

In the open space, there are many large storage buildings built against the mountains, where mountains of raw materials are stored.

The most important thing is that there are several large kilns standing in the canyon.

The kiln burns coal.

In this world, coal is not valuable, because apart from being used in kilns and forging, coal is not very useful.

In winter, common people use charcoal for heating, and aristocratic families will use high-quality smokeless charcoal.

But in fact, if coal is used to centrally heat the water in the boiler, and then the hot water is circulated through pipes and radiators to form heating, the heating effect will be much better than that of a charcoal-burning stove.

Wang Shouzhe had ordered the craftsmen to build a set of small boiler earth heating equipment in their spare time and test it in his house.

Otherwise, in this winter, the climate is always humid and biting, which would not be very comfortable.

Although the Lingtai realm monks have long been extraordinary in physique, and their ability to withstand cold and heat is also extraordinary. But if you can make yourself more comfortable, why not be more comfortable?

Let’s not talk about gossip for now.

Now this secret base is producing "cement" almost day and night. Several cement furnaces have been burning for many years, alternating day and night without stopping.

Speaking of which, the cement production process is actually not complicated.

You only need to grind limestone, iron slag and clay into powder, then mix them in proportion, then calcine them at high temperature in a coal kiln, and finally grind them into powder again, which is clinker.

Subsequently, clinker is mixed with a certain proportion of gypsum powder to form ordinary cement.

This is the so-called two-grinding and one-forging process.

The prices of raw materials such as limestone, iron slag, clay, coal and gypsum powder are extremely cheap, as if they can be bought anywhere.

After processing, the market price of cement can reach half of that of food crops, and the huge profits can be imagined.

Moreover, before the raw materials are transported to this processing base, limestone, iron slag, etc. have been ground into powder in advance, and only subsequent processing such as calcining is required.

The only pity is the production volume.

Even though the Lu family, the Liu family, the Gongsun family, and the Wang family have all contributed to production, up to now, the total annual production of the entire cement system can only reach 100,000 tons.

One hundred thousand tons sounds like a lot, but compared to the earth, this output is really too behind.

Wang Shouzhe vaguely remembered that before he traveled through China, the average annual cement consumption per capita in China was about one and a half tons. The difference was so huge that it was like clouds and mud.

Nothing can be done.

The current cement production technology is still very backward in all aspects, especially in the mining and grinding of raw materials. Most of the technology methods are relatively primitive, and for the time being, animal-powered winch gear milling vehicles are used.

But even so, the in-law alliance's total annual turnover in cement has exceeded 200,000 gold.

Moreover, all raw materials are owned by our own industry and are produced in the area under our jurisdiction. They are usually not sold, so the cost is extremely low.

In recent years, after "cement" became famous, sales have been getting better and better, and demand simply exceeds supply.

Now, the entire in-law alliance is planning to increase production, and plans to put the water-powered winch grinding truck into actual production within this year and next.

It is expected that within ten years, the output will be increased five times, and the total annual turnover will exceed one million dry gold.

Leave aside the cement item.

Foreign glass products are also the main products of this production base.

Most glass products are small glasses, bottles, plates, small jars and other products. Generally speaking, the process is actually much simpler than firing ordinary porcelain. However, the price of glass products is more expensive than ordinary porcelain. Several times more.

The raw material of glass products is also very simple, just quartz sand.

Under the banner of imported products from overseas, these "exquisite" glass products have gradually become popular among many families. In just a few years, the Wang family and the alliance of in-laws have made a lot of money, more than selling cement. More profitable.

If Wang Shouzhe hadn't needed to continuously expand cement production capacity to pave the way for future overseas development and city construction plans, he would have really wanted to stop cement and specialize in the production of glass.

It's a pity that he knows that technology must be accumulated bit by bit. For the future, cement production and research and development must continue.

Wang Shouzhe himself does not have the energy or time to participate in these specific research and development processes, as well as the research and development of production processes. All he can do is provide some directional guidance and inspiration.

Fortunately, there are many talented craftsmen in the world who are smart and willing to work hard, so all his ideas can be turned into reality.

Of course, the production base and R&D base are separate.

This is just a production base, Wang's real R&D base is not here.

Later.

Wang Shouzhe "walked around" the production base as if he was inspecting, and said he would stay in the production base for a few days to guide the next work and so on.

Soon, the news "spread" throughout the entire production base.

…

Deep in this production base, there is a hidden secret room.

The secret room is not big, but the internal facilities are complete. Anyone who lives here will not have to go out for ten days and a half. It is not a problem at all. If you are a Xuanwu monk, it is not a problem.

now.

On the Arhat couch in the secret room, a tall old man was sitting cross-legged.

It can be seen that he is already quite old, and there are many wrinkles on his face, showing the vicissitudes of life, but his aura is still as strong as a mountain, with a majestic demeanor that can calm people's hearts.

Especially those eyebrows and eyes are as deep as a deep pool.

Even if he was wearing simple clothes, he could not hide the fact that he had a distinguished status.

Wang Shouzhe sat cross-legged across from him, made a pot of tea with him personally, and said with an apologetic expression: "Ancestor Zhou Bo, I have wronged you in the past six months."

Yes, this old man with extraordinary bearing is Wang Zhoubo, ancestor of the Longzuo Wang family.

He has been living in seclusion in this production base for nearly half a year.

"Your arrangements are very thorough. Not only do you have third-level spiritual meat to eat every day, but you also include the elixirs used for my cultivation." Ancestor Zhou Bo smiled heartily, "This has greatly improved my recent cultivation.

It's a small improvement, so what can I feel wronged about? Just treat it as a retreat."

"Furthermore, Zhou Xuan is my cousin. He and the family he created were killed in such a way. Now I have the opportunity to avenge him, which is what I want. That Huangfu family is as cunning as a fox, no matter how much he does for this

There’s no such thing as too much preparation.”
To be continued...